Atomically precise control in the design of low-nuclearity supported metal catalysts

S Mitchell, J Pérez-Ramírez - Nature Reviews Materials, 2021 - nature.com
Nanostructured catalysts incorporating supported metal atoms or small clusters of defined
size and chemical composition attract considerable attention because of their potential to …

Recent advances in atomic metal do** of carbon‐based nanomaterials for energy conversion

B Bayatsarmadi, Y Zheng, A Vasileff, SZ Qiao - Small, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Nanostructured metal‐contained catalysts are one of the most widely used types of catalysts
applied to facilitate some of sluggish electrochemical reactions. However, the high activity of …

Advances and trends in chemically doped graphene

S Ullah, Q Shi, J Zhou, X Yang, HQ Ta… - Advanced Materials …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Chemically doped graphene materials are fascinating because these have different
desirable attributes with possible synergy. The inert and gapless nature of graphene can be …

Two-dimensional MoS2 under ion irradiation: from controlled defect production to electronic structure engineering

M Ghorbani-Asl, S Kretschmer, DE Spearot… - 2D …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Two-dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), like MoS2, have
unique electronic and optical properties, which can further be tuned using ion bombardment …

Atomistic-scale simulations of defect formation in graphene under noble gas ion irradiation

K Yoon, A Rahnamoun, JL Swett, V Iberi, DA Cullen… - ACS …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Despite the frequent use of noble gas ion irradiation of graphene, the atomistic-scale details,
including the effects of dose, energy, and ion bombardment species on defect formation, and …

Implanting germanium into graphene

M Tripathi, A Markevich, R Böttger, S Facsko… - ACS …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Incorporating heteroatoms into the graphene lattice may be used to tailor its electronic,
mechanical and chemical properties, although directly observed substitutions have thus far …

Engineering single-atom dynamics with electron irradiation

C Su, M Tripathi, QB Yan, Z Wang, Z Zhang, C Hofer… - Science …, 2019 - science.org
Atomic engineering is envisioned to involve selectively inducing the desired dynamics of
single atoms and combining these steps for larger-scale assemblies. Here, we focus on the …

Towards atomically precise manipulation of 2D nanostructures in the electron microscope

T Susi, D Kepaptsoglou, YC Lin, QM Ramasse… - 2D …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Despite decades of research, the ultimate goal of nanotechnology—top-down manipulation
of individual atoms—has been directly achieved with only one technique: scanning probe …

Influence of point defects on the near edge structure of hexagonal boron nitride

NL McDougall, JG Partridge, RJ Nicholls, SP Russo… - Physical Review B, 2017 - APS
Hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) is a wide-band-gap semiconductor with applications
including gate insulation layers in graphene transistors, far-ultraviolet light emitting devices …

Do** transition-metal atoms in graphene for atomic-scale tailoring of electronic, magnetic, and quantum topological properties

O Dyck, L Zhang, M Yoon, JL Swett, D Hensley… - Carbon, 2021 - Elsevier
Atomic-scale fabrication is an outstanding challenge and overarching goal for the
nanoscience community. The practical implementation of moving and fixing atoms to a …